After the first week bush craft training you will be involved in a raft of conservation research activities including:

The mornings of the remaining weeks are spent monitoring and collecting samples from the pit lines. This involves digging and checking pit lines for invertebrate and reptile diversity. The remainder of the mornings are spent conducting bird counts to give estimates of bird diversity in the area.

The afternoons are divided up into main tasks. Firstly you will be developing the rhino identikits to form a database of all of the individuals on the reserve so that individual movements, social interactions and other behaviours can be monitored. Then you will carry out herbivore counts to give estimates of herbivore numbers and their range usage of the reserve. Volunteers will also radio-track the two main groups of lion on the reserve at least once a week. Additionally volunteers will spend time making observational notes on the behaviour of the contracepted elephants to create data for the long-term monitoring programme on the reserve.

Volunteers will be living at the fenced bush camp inside the reserve. You will be staying in comfortable tents and sharing with one other person. There is a dining area, kitchen and wash facilities. The camp has electricity, running warm water and there is an outside space where you can sit by the fire under the stars. Volunteers are responsible for keeping the camp clean and will share the cooking duties.

The project has fixed starting dates of the 1st day of every month, with the project running all year round.